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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Luciano (ranked 374 p4p, 371 weight class) and Enzo Williams (ranked 23 p4p, 22 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Luciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Enzo Williams!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Topper Green and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams swings for the body but Luciano moves out of range.
Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab lands there for Luciano.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
It looked like Luciano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Williams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Luciano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Luciano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Luciano misses the target.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Luciano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decent striking displayed by Luciano there.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Luciano throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Luciano ducks down to avoid it.
Luciano scores with a push kick.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Luciano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Luciano slips under a jab from Williams.
Luciano dodges the punch combination from Williams.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Luciano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A punch combination from Luciano misses.
Luciano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Luciano pushes him off.
Luciano lands with a cross.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luciano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams staying out of range there.
Luciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ricky Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice defenses there by Luciano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams blocks a low kick nicely.
It seemed like Williams was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luciano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luciano keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance.
As Williams backs away, Luciano returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luciano lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Williams backs up against the cage.
Williams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luciano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luciano pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Luciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
Luciano misses with a body punch.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Luciano tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Luciano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Luciano.
Williams throws a jab when Luciano was well out of range.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
It appears Luciano was looking to counter with a kick there.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Luciano.
Luciano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Luciano throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Williams let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Luciano throws a body shot but no joy.
Williams has Luciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Luciano scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams misses with some punches.
Luciano blocking some punches.
Luciano manages to break the clinch.
Williams throws a hook but Luciano blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luciano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Luciano.
A big left from Williams misses.
Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams misses with some punches.
Luciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luciano scores with a one two! Williams had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luciano moves away.
Luciano moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Luciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luciano throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Luciano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
A big right from Williams misses.
Luciano scores with a leg kick.
Luciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Luciano.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Luciano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Williams digs a good body shot into Luciano's ribs.
Williams moves into the clinch successfully.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams working aggressively here.
Luciano lands with a right to the head.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Luciano.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Good body shot from Luciano.
Luciano pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Luciano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luciano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Luciano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Luciano gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Luciano lands with a right to the head.
Luciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luciano swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Luciano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williams there as he acknowledges the shot.
Luciano scores with a hook.
Williams is rocked!
Decent striking displayed by Luciano there.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Luciano finish him?
Luciano scores with a sloppy right hand. Williams should have avoided that one.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luciano manages to avoid it.
Ricky Luciano is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams sizes up Luciano with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Luciano avoids the body shot from Williams.
Luciano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams seems to have recovered his senses.
Luciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams darts in and clinches Luciano up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Luciano.
Ricky Luciano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Luciano breaks from the clinch.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Luciano is just out of range.
A lazy left from Luciano finds it's target.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Luciano slips the punch.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Luciano moved out of range.
Williams tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance.
A lazy left from Luciano finds it's target.
Luciano with a nice calf kick.
Decent striking displayed by Luciano there.
Williams looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams misses with a hook.
Luciano tried to score with a low kick but Williams checks it.
Luciano moves away from the strike by Williams.
Williams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams throws a hook but Luciano avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Nice body punch from Luciano.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looks to clinch
and Luciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Luciano throws out a leg kick but Williams moves out of range and Luciano only half commits.
Williams drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Luciano will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Williams! But no joy.
Williams tries to clinch but Luciano moves out of range.
Williams throws a good cross that connects.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Williams misses with a hook. Luciano ducked under it nicely.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luciano swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luciano.
Luciano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luciano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Luciano moved out of range nicely.
Williams has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Luciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Luciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luciano throws a good cross that connects.
Williams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Luciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Luciano swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Williams throws the left hand but Luciano avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luciano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Luciano moves forwards but Williams connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Williams checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Williams misses with a lunging right hand
and Luciano counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luciano misses with a wild body shot.
Williams takes a swing at Luciano's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luciano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Luciano dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Luciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Luciano.
A good leg kick by Luciano.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luciano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Williams has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Williams and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Williams clinches up against the cage.
A short left from Luciano.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Luciano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luciano lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luciano lands a left hand.
Luciano pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Luciano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Luciano.
Williams misses with some punches.
Luciano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano lands a shot to the body.
Luciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Luciano.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Luciano scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams working aggressively here.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luciano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Luciano presses Williams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luciano.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luciano.
Luciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luciano lands a shoulder strike.
Luciano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Luciano saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano clobbers Williams with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A nice leg kick from Luciano, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luciano drops Williams with a straight right hand, right on the button! Luciano follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Luciano!
Ricky Luciano is the new bantamweight champion!
Ricky Luciano very nearly forgot to thank PWNAGE Elite - $25 Tees amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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